26 
27 
28 
30 
Coptosominae. 
papua 
seen a aaa 1838 Voy. Coquille, Zool. II. 157, 
Thyreocoris do. Germar 1839 Zeitschr. Ent. I. 35. 
Brachyplatys ruptilinea Walker 1867 Cat. Het. I. 105. 
picturifrons 
Brachyplatys picturifrons Walker 1867 op. cit. 103. 
punctipes 
Brachyplatys punctipes Montandon 1894 Ann. Mus. Genova 
(2) XIV. 122; Distant 1902 Faun. Ind. Rh. I. 11. 
raffrayi 
Brachyplatys raffrayi Montandon 1897 A. S. E. France 
LXV. 444. 
liturifrons 
|| Cimex silphoides Fabricius 1794 Ent. Syst. IV. 86. 
+ Tetyra do. Fabricius 1803 Syst. Rh. 141; Schiedte 1842 Nat. 
Tidskr. IV. 301. 
Brachyplatys liturifrons Walker 1867 Cat. Het. I. 102. 
B. silphoides Stal 1863 Svensk. Vet. Ak. Handl. 7. no. 11. 
p. 5; Distant 1902 op. cit. 12. 
§ Westermann 1821 Mag. Ent. IV. ex. 411—27; and Silb. 
Rey. Ent. I. 163 (greatly damages rice in India) ). 
Foodplant: Oryza sativa. 
subaeneus 
Plataspis subaenea [Westwood] 1837 Cat. Hope I. 17. 
Thyreocoris septus Germar 1839 Zeitschr. Ent. 32. 
Brachyplatys bistriga Walker 1867 Cat. Het. I. 100, 
B. cambodica Walker op. cit. 101. 
B. cognata Walker loc. cit. 
B. adjuncta Walker loc. cit. 
B. contigua Walker op. cit. 103. 
B. subaeneus Breddin 1900 Stett. E. Z. 275; Distant 1902 
Faun. Ind. Rh. I. 11. 
var. (b) erux 
Brachyplatys crux Vollenhoven 1863 Faune ent. indo-néerl. 
Wad, eee 4, fe 9. 
var. (c) pauper 
Brachyplatys pauper Vollenhoven 1863 1. c. 
B. quinquepunctata Walker 1567 1. c. 
var. (d) intermedia Breddin 1900 1. c. 
testudonigra 
Cimex testudonigra de Geer 1778 Mém. VII. 617, Pl. 46. 
figs. 4—5. 
C. pallipes Fabricius 1781 Spec. Ins. II. 343. 
C. acaroides Thunberg 1783 Nov. ins. sp. Il. 29. 
- Thyreocoris pallipes Germar 1839 op. cit. 31; H-S. 1839 Wanz. 
33 
V. 15 a. 31, f 477. 
Brachyplatys do. Stal 1865 Hem. Afr. I. 8. 
B. calabarica Walker 1867 Cat. Het. 1. 99. 
B. negamica Walker 1867 1. c. 
var. (b) mascarena nov. wie 
B. testudonigra var.? Montandon 1897 A. S. E. France 
LXV. 440. 
translineatus Tee elie 
Brachyplatys translineata Walker 1Le6/ op. Cit. iVo. 
B. es linatile Montandon 1896 A. S. E. Belg. XL. 431. 
1) This probably refers to nigriventris. 
325 
Papua. 
Celebes. 
India (throughout); 
Burma; China. 
Papua. 
India; China; Sard- 
wak, 
India (throughout); 
Tenasserim; Bur- 
ma;Ceylon; Cochin 
China; Cambodia; 
Siam; Annam; Ton- 
kin; China(Macao) ; 
Tai-wan [= For- 
mosa]; Andamans; 
Philippines; Ma- 
lacea; Java; Bor- 
neo; Sumatra; Ba- 
labac; Banguey; 
Celebes; Buru; Ter- 
nate. 
Cape Colony; Trans- 
vaal; Bechuana- 
land; Zanzibar; 
Ashanti; Fr. a. Bel- 
gian Kongo; Ka- 
merun; Guinea; 
Senegal. 
Réunion; Mauritius. 
Papua; Meisol. 
